Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-30

ne ia rly exhausted the unrivalle'
vocab ilary of abuse, attacked thu
Presi lent and Secretary Of State per.
,onally, and spoke of them as a
''coal i IN OF Blifil and Black George.
the combination, unheard Of till then
Of the Puritan with the blackleg."
Not content with this, he went on to
call Mr.. Clay's progenitors to account
for bringing into the world "this
being, so brilliant yet 80 corrupt,
which, like q rotten mackerel, by
moonlight, shined and stunk." Not
only for this blackguard abuse, but
also for certain inslnuations against
his truth, Mr.. CLAW called him out.
They met on the Virginia side OF the
Potomac and exchanged shots
The first fire was ineffectual M
on the second Clay's bullet
pierced the folus vi the white hannel
wrapper which Randolph, with ms
usual eccentricity, wore on the field.
Randolph fred in the air, and, adj
yancipc with extended hand, at the
same time showing the hole in his
wrapper. he shouted, in his shrlil
and piercing voice, "Mr. Clay, Mr..
Clay, YOU owe me a new wrapper.
"Thank God," replied Clay, 1.-THE
debt is no greater" and took the ex-
tended hand and shook it warmly.
They became fast friends from that
time.
The duel between Jonathan Cilley:
of Maine, and William Graves OF
Kentucky, both members OF Congress,
is notable from the fact that there
were not the least persona animosity
between them. Both went upon the
field expressing the highest regard for
each other. Tough with rifles at eight
wards. and on the third fire Cilley was
shot dead. The seconds, who were
Henry A. Wise, OF Virginia. for Graves,
and George w. Jones, afterwards sena-
tor from Iowa, for Cilley, were greatly
blamed for the fatal termination OF the
duel. and were undoubtedly responsi-
BILE for it. The duel turned entirely
upon u point of honor. Cilley had
made some structures in debate upon
the character of James Watson Webb,
the famous New York editjr, Webb,
sent. him a challenge by the
hands OF Graves, which Cilley refused
to receive, not on the ground OF being
opposed to duelling, but on the ground
that Webb was not a man OF honor,
and hence not entitled to demand the
satisfaction usual among gentlemen.
1t is a maxim of the code that 4
person taking that position makes
himself amenahle to the second, be-
cause it is reflection on him that he
would act in such a manner Tor man
devoid OF honor. Graves took
this view of it, and accordingly
sought out q second for himself and
challenged Mr.. Cilley. Cilley &C.
cepted, all the time protesting the
highest regard and friendship for Mr.:
Graves. The first two shots proved
Intellectual, but the seconds made no
proper effort to then settle the matter.
At the third fire Cilley fell, mortally
wounded, and died on the ground.
There have been many other duels
between members OF Congress, but
none so foolish as this.
As the sentiment against duelline
was very strong in the North, and Ii
many States there being stringent
legal enactnents against it, the South
ern fire-eaters az one time thought
thew could insult Northern men witt
impunity, but they sometimes go
very much the worst of it. In lS5t
the assailant OF Charles Sumner, Pres
| ton Brooks, challenged Anson Burlin
game of Massachusetts,. Burlingam
accepted and proposed rifle
, at the Clinton House," Can
ada, which the valiant Brook
declined. About the same tim
Roger A. Pryor, OF Virginia, now
weli-known lawyer of New York
r challenged John g. Potter, OF Wis
/ consin, and when Potter accepted an
| proposed bowie knives, Pryor de
t clined the combat. But long befor
these, which are probably the NOR
recent cases OF challenges in Congress
, more than one Northern man had dis
, playeda determination that secure,
: for them most studied courtesy.
!, A rather amusing case occurred il
1883, in the House of Representa-
: tives. between General Glasscoek, o
: Georgia, and Richard Biddle. Q
/ Pittsburg. The latter was a brothe
of the famous Nicholas Biddle, an,
was an accomplished gentleman AM
:. a lawyer of distinguished ability. 4
| few days after he came to Washington
he sent to the Speaker memoria
! sighned by one of his constituents. l
proved to be an abolition document
and was denounced by General Glass
cock with bitterness, and he .spok
also with so much asperity of Mr.
: Biddle that the Spe aker called him t
order.'
At this point MIR. Biddle arose ant
said that he wished the member iron
Georgia might be allowed to proceed
He only asked the privilege OF reply
and in order that there might be n
misapprehension on the part OF tina
gentleman, he desired to inform hin
that he should reply out OF the Hous'
J as we'll as in it, in case the tenor o
, his remarks might render it necessary
. This closed the debate. Henry A
Wise afterwards said: "What d.
, fool Glasscock is to pick up membe
of the Biddle family. There isn't on
of the whole breed that would no
6ghtup to his knees in blood.
Since the war there have been n
duels in which American statesmen
, Tor public men have been concerned
Chicago Tribune.
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